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  • Leicester celebrates International Womens Day

    The University has organised a series of free events to mark International Women’s Day, which this year falls on Wednesday 8 March 2017.

  • Attitudes to Convict Ancestry: Documentary Review

    Posted by Katy Roscoe in Carceral Archipelago on December 2, 2016 In this blog post I review the documentary ‘A Secret History of my Family: Gadbury Sisters’ , which aired in 2016, and discuss how it reflects changing attitudes to convict ancestry amongst British and...

  • Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land

    Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on October 31, 2017 By Dr Kristyn Harman Senior Lecturer in History, University of Tasmania   Like many New Zealanders, I grew up hearing stories about the Australian penal colonies, particularly anecdotes of London...

  • Leicester praised in new book on science communications

    Award-winning work by the University of Leicester in improving science communications has been featured in a new book by Fiona Fox from the Science Media Centre.

  • First JWST Images – What do they Show?

    Professor Martin Barstow wrote in the Conversation to explain what JWST's first, amazing images show – and how it will change astronomy.

  • Feasibility of using the Patient Activation Measure in the NHS

    Posted by Natalie Armstrong in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on November 25, 2015 Introduction: The challenge of person-centred care Over recent years the push for the NHS to become more person-centred has been mounting, with increasing...

  • What and When is Death? By Floris Tomasini

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on November 9, 2015   In this blog post I’d like to talk about two forms of death, biological and social death, through the conceptual lens of personal identity.

  • ca270

    Schrödinger’s Cat and the Hidden Feelings Box: PSHE and RSHE Education in a Digital World Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on July 14, 2025 Michelle O’Reilly, Diane Levine, Neil Sinclair, and Sarah Adams c What if...

  • Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester: The School of Criminology and S

    The School of Criminology and Sociology: follow us to find out who we are and what we do.

  • African Caribbean men help to spread prostate cancer message

    Play Domino Talk Prostate (Cancer) Local men of the African/Caribbean community explain prostate cancer awareness and the higher risk for black men in this inspiring video.

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